Hyperallergic Weekly Roundup: Goliath's Venice 'Elegy', Avedon Documentary, and 'Chicken Linda' Profile
Hakim Bishara, the editor-in-chief of Hyperallergic, chose to forgo New York art fairs to spotlight performance artist Linda Montano (84), who greeted contributor Taliesin Thomas dressed in a chicken costume at her Upstate NY residence. Gabrielle Goliath's exhibition 'Elegy' has found a new home in a Venice church after being disallowed at South Africa's pavilion, as reviewed by Aruna D'Souza. Hyperallergic was honored with the New York Press Club journalism award for Noah Fischer's comic 'A Prospect Heights Ghost Story.' In other updates, Christie's achieved a record $1 billion sale on May 18, NYC's Department of Cultural Affairs proposed six Billie Holiday monuments, and community notes included Larry Gagosian's documentary and obituaries for F. John Sierra, Valie Export, and Mary Lovelace O'Neal.
Key facts
- Hyperallergic won New York Press Club award for Noah Fischer's comic 'A Prospect Heights Ghost Story'.
- Gabrielle Goliath's 'Elegy' moved to a Venice church after South African government ban.
- Jackson Pollock painting sold for $181 million at Christie's on May 18.
- Christie's $1 billion evening sale included Pollock, Brancusi, and Nicole Kidman.
- NYC DCA revealed six proposals for Billie Holiday monument.
- Thousands decried right-wing smear campaign against Misan Harriman.
- Sarah Lucas's 'VENUS VICTORIA' installed outside New Museum.
- Paterson, NJ unveiled Gaza Square with sculpture by Kyle Goen.
- Roberto Lugo's 'Alfarero del Barrio' unveiled in Madison Square Park.
- Stonewall National Monument named one of most endangered US sites.
- Alejandro Valencia's Columbia MFA show criticizes school's pro-Palestine crackdown.
- Ron Howard directed a documentary on Richard Avedon.
- Martin Wong's brick monument to Popeye reviewed.
- Exhibition in Chicago celebrates Black American artists in post-war Paris.
- Focus Art Fair dedicated to contemporary Asian art held in New York.
- Chicana curator Elizabeth Ferrer removed Cesar Chavez portrait from 'Chicano Camera Culture' at The Cheech.
- Larry Gagosian gets documentary treatment.
- Pace gallery acquires Brancusi Estate.
- Obituaries for F. John Sierra, Valie Export, Mary Lovelace O'Neal.
Entities
Artists
- Gabrielle Goliath
- Richard Avedon
- Linda Montano
- Taliesin Thomas
- Jackson Pollock
- Constantin Brancusi
- Nicole Kidman
- Billie Holiday
- Misan Harriman
- Sarah Lucas
- Kyle Goen
- Roberto Lugo
- Alejandro Valencia
- Martin Wong
- Ron Howard
- Noah Fischer
- Aruna D'Souza
- Hakim Bishara
- Larry Gagosian
- F. John Sierra
- Valie Export
- Mary Lovelace O'Neal
- Lavett Ballard
- Elizabeth Ferrer
- Tara Anne Dalbow
- Megan O'Grady
- Nan Goldin
- Isa Farfan
- Brian Karl
- Daria Simone Harper
Institutions
- Hyperallergic
- Christie's
- New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
- New Museum
- Madison Square Park
- Stonewall National Monument
- National Trust for Historic Preservation
- Columbia University
- Pace Gallery
- Louvre
- The Cheech
- Clyfford Still Museum
- Economic Hardship Reporting Project
- New York Press Club
- Focus Art Fair
Locations
- New York City
- Upstate New York
- Venice
- Italy
- South Africa
- Paterson
- New Jersey
- Denver
- Colorado
- Chicago
- Illinois
- Paris
- France
- Brooklyn
- Prospect Heights
- Manhattan